Health Care Access and Perceptions of Provider Care Among Individuals in Same-Sex Couples: Findings from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 839-850

  Clift, Joseph B ^a   Kirby, James ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gay; health care; lesbian; MEPS; same sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864568513     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.694766     Document Type: Article

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